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Deep Sky Update – July 2024

Clear nights have been few and far between, but there were a couple of nice displays of noctilucent clouds. And

The first director of the Comet Section, William Frederick Denning, discovered his fifth and final comet from Bristol on the

We had a nice display of noctilucent clouds on June 25-26 but this was I think the only night that

Just a quick update this month. Really light nights are here in Orkney now, but hopefully those further south might

With the 2024 Noctilucent Cloud season now underway with the first observations of the year coming in, this challenge is

On the night of 2024 May 10/11 observers all over the UK and beyond marvelled at a glorious display of

Well, April was another poor month of observing opportunities again for me. Astronomical twilight now lasts all night in Orkney

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was discovered at the start of 2023 when it was 7.5 au from the Sun. It has

WARNING – OBSERVING THE SUN CAN BE DANGEROUS – READ OUR GUIDE BELOW While some are travelling to central and

It would seem like observing weather in March has been poor for most. That was certainly the case up here.